Dealer Exposes Both Cards

Introduction

Sometimes either accidentally or as part of a promotion the dealer will expose both cards. This is not to be confused with double exposure, in which ties lose. The following is the basic strategy, based on an infinite number of decks, when both dealer cards are exposed and the dealer stands on soft 17.

The player advantage of this game is about 10.1%, give or take a little depending on the specific rules.

I get asked a lot why this strategy calls for hitting 11 against a total of 10, when in regular blackjack the player should double. In blackjack, we can assume the dealer does not have an ace as his hole card. That increases the expected value of doubling. In double exposure, there is no such guarantee the dealer does not have an ace as his third card, giving him a 21, making doubling more risky.

Internal Links

• Blackjack Side Bets
• Introduction to Card Counting
• The Hi-Lo Count
• The Wizard's Ace-Five Count
• When to Surrender in Blackjack
• Value of a Free Ace
• Dealer Exposes Both Cards
• Splitting Strategy for the Back Players
• Double after Splitting Aces Allowed
• Continuous Shuffling Machines
• Cut Card Effect
• Variance in Blackjack
• 678 and 777 Bonuses in Blackjack
• Risk of Ruin in blackjack
• Total Dependent vs. Composition Dependent Basic
• Expected Returns with Infinite Decks
• Dealer Odds in Blackjack under U.S. Rules
• Dealer Odds in Blackjack under European Rules
• Effect of Card Removal in Blackjack
• Blackjack Expected Values
• Estimating Number of Decks in Online Blackjack
• Composition-Dependent Strategy for Single Deck and Dealer Stands on Soft 17
• Composition-Dependent Strategy for Single Deck and Dealer Hits on Soft 17
• Composition-Dependent Strategy for Double Deck and Dealer Stands on Soft 17